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High · 8.8 CVE-2026-111421 EUVD-2026-119890GHSA-3w6w-wrj8-46xr

Apache Airflow: Execution API: set_xcom skips the reserved-key check, so task-written XComs instantiate airflow.* classes on the API server

Published Nov 9, 2026 · Updated Nov 9, 2026 · Assigned by apache

Description

Apache Airflow's Task Execution API stored XCom values written by a task without the reserved-key check applied elsewhere, so a Dag author's task could write an XCom that, when a user later viewed it through the API with deserialization enabled, made the API server instantiate classes from the `airflow.*` namespace with arguments the Dag author chose. This is an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-59242: users who applied that fix in apache-airflow 3.3.1 remain affected through this route and should upgrade to apache-airflow 3.4.0 or later.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow 3.0.0 – < 3.4.0 3.4.0

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